Ian

Trying to play catch-up with my blog... LOTS going on lately! Never a dull moment in the Weller household :)

On Monday, November 7.. Ian had tubes put in his ears.. after many ear infections we decided this would be the best for him.. just like with Alex.  We were told to be in Ann Arbor, Mott's Children's Hospital at 6:30am.  We had to wake Ian up at 5:40am and he actually did quite well with this!! We got to the hospital just before 6:30am.  They have a great waiting room filled with toys so Ian was busy playing.. not having a care in the world that he couldn't have anything to eat or drink.  We only stayed in the waiting room for a very short time and we were called back to the surgery prep area.  There they did all of Ian's vitals which he hated all of it.. they brought in bubbles and toys and even this HUGE machine that had a mirror and lots of blinking lights and some floating balls in the center.. Ian loved it... I must say it was pretty cool!!  He didn't like the nurse putting the hospital bracelet on his leg - he just didn't want to be bothered with at all.  They had a TV in the room with cartoons on so that helped a lot to!  Then they gave him some happy juice (meds) to help him calm down - that is wonderful stuff.  Then the nurse came in with a wagon - we tried putting Ian in there to be wheeled away but he was trying to get out of it so the wonderful nurse took Ian in her arms and carried him away.  Then another nurse came in and took Mike and I to the waiting room... by the time we got into the elevator and walked down the hall to the waiting room.. we checked in... I made a few phone calls and then looked at our case number on the screen and Ian was already in the recovery room.. I can't believe how fast this procedure is!! In no time the Dr. came in and told us everything went well - gave us a few instructions and we were told that we would be called when Ian wakes up.  We only waiting a few more minutes and the nurse walked us back to the recovery room.. there we found Ian throwing a FIT!! He woke up so angry.. he was trying to rip the IV out of his hand and the nurse was holding him with his arm behind her.. I took him right away and they took us to another room to sit with him.. they turned off the lights and put Mickey Mouse on the TV.. it took a while to calm Ian down.. he was growling he was so mad.. finally they took the IV out and that helped a little bit but he was just so angry.... he finally took a few sips of water and was calm enough for us to take him home... we left for home around 9am and he fell in and out of sleep the whole way home.

He is doing great now.. you would never know he had this procedure!! Now to keep him from dunking his head under water at bath time.. his favorite thing to do.. this will be a challenge!!  :)



Trying to figure out the tv remote.. waiting to have the procedure



The cool colorful machine!

The cute gown.. wish they made them in blue for boys!!

The amazing nurse that took Ian away to surgery

In recovery room... not happy with waking up!

Halloween

After many days of a fever virus...Brevin was finally feeling better - he had to miss his Halloween party at school but was able to go out and trick-or-treat with his best buds!! He was so excited!!

Ian and Alex went also... our good friends brought over their golf cart... we thought it would be fun to drive that around... so my friend was driving and the second I got on.. Ian would throw a fit and start crying... soon as I got off the golf cart.. he was fine... I kept trying to sneak back on but he was always watching me and was not happy... so we ended up taking the golf cart back to our house and we all walked. Ian and Alex were in the wagon but after some time they wanted to walk to! Ian even walked up to a few homes and would take a piece of candy out of a bowl but then would throw it back and scream out of excitment.. it was cute. Brevin made out well - WAY too much candy that I am trying not to dig in to!! Here are some pics from the night

Broken...

On Saturday, October 15... Brevin broke is arm at his Football game against Hartland.  What a day!! Here is what happened. 

My parents were in town visiting for the weekend (SO Thankful for that)! Mike and my Dad had plans to hunt the whole weekend and I was just planning to hang out with my Mom.  Brevin had a game on Saturday and it was cold and windy so my mom decided to stay home with the twins and I went to the game.. Mike and my Dad went also for the first half and then were leaving to go hunting and I was going to finish out the game and take Brev home.  Usually we have 9am games but this game was at 4pm and I really think the kids hard a hard time with that time.  Kids were tired and there was a lot of tears during the game... Brevin was having a hard time and was teary almost the whole time plus he was in the game the whole time which I don't think help him emotionally.. he was tired. 

My Dad and Mike had left around half time.  It was towards the end of the 4th quarter - Brevin took a hand off (had the footbal) and was tackled hard! He was sobbing - the coach told him to go off the field.. I was walking towards him and I remember a parent saying that they think he got hurt.. my reaction was he didn't get hurt... he was just tired and done!  When I got to Brevin we were sitting on the side line and I was trying to calm him down - he was holding his arm and he said it hurt.  Another parent who was a nurse came and helped me calm Brevin down.. she asked him if she could help him take his glove off and pull up his sweatshirt to take a look at his arm.  This took a while to do because he was crying so hard.  Soon as we got his sweatshirt pulled up I could see right away that his arm didn't look right... the other Mom just looked at me and i knew right away that it wasn't good.. she told me to take him in.  there was a paramedic on hand at the game and someone got them to look at Brevin... when they saw his arm they ran back to the ambulance and got a splint to put his arm in and told me to take him to the hospital... Brev heard this and was hysterical again - so scared! We got him calmed down again and one of the coach's and another parent dad carried Brev to the car.  One of the mom's grabbed my keys and got my car and pulled it up.  We got Brev in and she ended up taking us to the ER.. the paramedic told the other parents not to let me drive so a mom stepped up and drove us... I tried telling her I could do it but she wasn't having any part of that.. she told me to get in the back with Brevin.. which I am so glad I did! 

When we got there.. one of the assistant coaches was already there waiting for us.. he works in the ER and he helped Brev get in.  They immediately took an X-ray and you could see the 2 breaks in his bones... then they told me that they had to re-set his arm - they needed to give him a shot to make him sleepy so they could do this.  I was scared for Brevin because I knew this wasn't going to be easy and he is scared to death of shots!! Once we got him into a room it took me and Mike... the Dr. and a nurse to hold him down to give him the shot.. he was screaming and kicking and thankfully the nurse was really quick to give him the shot in the thigh.  It took a while for the meds to start working.. they kept asking him to count to 10 and he would do it and they ask them if he needed to do it again.. after what seemed like forever.. he started getting sleepy and goofy!! He said he felt like he was floating on clouds.  When it was time to re-set his arm.. I had to leave.. the nurse assured me that Brevin had no clue what was going on and that he would even know if I was there or not... I had to leave and when I did I just lost it in the hallway.. Mike was with me and took me to the waiting room to sit. 

After about 10 minutes they were done and we went back in to be with Brev.  He was SO goofty.. kept looking out of one eye and kept repeating "What The"... he felt strange I could tell... it took quite a while for him to come out of that.. we had Nascar on TV for him.  When we were finally thinking of leaving.. he started getting sick so the nurse gave him some meds to help with that so we had to stay for anothr 1/2 hour.  When that past.. we got him in a wheel chair to head to the car and soon as we started moving.. he got sick again so we went back to the room and they gave him more meds so we had to wait for a while again. 

This whole time the assistant coach stayed with us and answered ALL our questions... that was the best!!  Finally he was doing much better and we headed for home.  We are so thankful that my parents were in town... we never had to worry about the twins!!  Brevin got a cast put on that following Monday, Oct 17 and he is doing great! He got Blue and Gold colors for Michigan so he is very happy about that and he loves having everyone sign his cast! He is such a trooper!!



In the car.. on our way to ER



Feeling the meds! Just waiting for the meds to wear off

Waiting to get his cast on

In the process of getting his cast on

The cool finger holders

All set to go... Go Blue!!

Fall Happenings.... Pictures

Ian and Alex... 2 years!!



IAN





ALEX



Here is where the twins are at at 2 years old!!



Ian - he is now just shy of 33 pounds!! He is 37 ¼ inches tall and still full and I mean FULL of energy! He Loves when I read books to him… he now points to objects when I ask him where they are. He is just starting to talk!! He says: Duck, Apple (his favorite word), shoes, all done, momma, dada, Blue, Ball, Bear, Car and my favorite… choo choo train which sounds like Chee Chee Chee… and I know there is more but this is a huge start - for the longest time he would not say any words and now he is finally starting! He does have his own language and jabbers all the time - he is very talkative… we just don’t know half the time what he is saying. He will read books to himself and will use the same expressions that I use when I read… it really is fun to watch!! He is starting to know his letters and numbers also.

Ian loves to run and loves to run away from you when you need him!! Especially at naps and bedtime… you tell him it’s nite nite time and he runs away from you crying - he still hates going to bed and will always put up a fight!

He loves to play outside and he tests us by trying to go into the neighbors yard or running down our path.. He knows this is a no no but he looks at us with a smile and sees what he can get away with! When we catch up with him and try to redirect him.. He goes limp and throws a fit.. He is strong which makes it hard to get him back where we need him. He also throws fits when we change his diaper - he will pick up any toy that is near him and throw it at us out of anger.

Ian is a very happy boy.. He smiles a lot and loves to be around other kids. He loves to imitate Brevin with whatever he does - especially when Brev plays football… Ian tries to play football to.

Ian is a crazy boy at bath time… he loves to use the side of the tub as a slide and will slide onto his butt getting everything wet and making Alex mad. He loves to lay on his back and put his head in the water - loves to throw toys out of the tub… Bath time is work!!

Ian is a picky eater - can’t believe he is bigger than his brother because he is so much more picky!! He loves carrots, apple, strawberries and raspberries, banana, oatmeal and yogurt. He likes hot dogs but isn’t a big meat eater - he loves milk so for the protein.. I let him have as much as he wants. He doesn’t like juice which is fine with me… he loves to drink water.

Alex… he is 28 pounds and 36 ¼ inches tall. He is more aware of what is going on around him and more timid. He loves to be held and would love it if I held him all day long!! He loves to go to bed - he will grab his binky and blankie and stand by him crib when it is nap or bedtime - he never puts up a fight. Alex talks more than Ian… he knows his alphabet - we have letter magnets on our fridge and after mixing them all up.. I will ask him where a certain letter is and he will find it. A few days ago Mike asked Alex where the letter “W” was.. He couldn’t find it so he took the letter M and turned it upside down and pointed to it. He also know his numbers up to 10. Just last night at work - Alex was with me and on my shirt it says “STAFF”…. Alex pointed to the letters on my shirt and said each letter out loud while pointing to them… he loves letters! He also knows his colors… when I point to a yellow object and ask him what color it is.. He will say Whoa Whoa which is Yellow.. Boo is Blue and een is green and ed is Red…. So cute!

Alex is much more layed back - if I go grocery shopping I will take Alex with me and leave Ian home with Mike.. Alex will sit nice in the cart and is so patient… he now will look for letters all over the store and start saying them - I love it!

The twins are so much fun - I love watching them learn new things everyday - it is bittersweet with how much they are growing - it is going by fast but we are loving every minute of it!!





Happy 2nd Birthday Ian and Alex!!

Happy Birthday to my boys!! It still seems like yesterday that we walked into the hospital having NO idea what the next 2 years would be like - wouldn't change it for the world!! They are so much fun and watching them grow and learn is so amazing!! We are so blessed with all our boys!! Some pictures from the day they were born....

Thankful!

 Alex made it through surgery great!! He had tubes put in his ears.  We headed to Mott's Children's hospital first thing yesterday morning... we had to wake him up at 6:30am to be at the hospital by 7:30am.  While waiting, Alex had a great time playing with all the toys... he wasn't even bothered by the fact that he didn't have anything to eat or drink since 8pm the night before.  He loved going up and down the stairs in the waiting room... he was having a blast. 

 

We then were brought back to the surgery prep room where they immediately brought in toys for Alex... put on cartoons on the tv and one of the nurses was blowing bubbles for Alex - he loves bubbles!! What a great place and SO kid friendly!! 

Alex didn't like getting his blood pressure taken and temperature taken... every time a nurse would get close to him he would cry.  So they ended up giving him some medication that makes him a bit loopy.. that was so funny... he was acting so funny.. Mike and I just laughed but it sure helped when the nurses had to get close and do something.  When it was time for surgery.. he went right to the nurse and they walked away.. he didn't have a care in the world at that point which was great for Mike and I to see... that helped us!

We were then brought to the parent waiting room which was really nice - it seemed like we were only sitting there for 15 minutes and the dr walked in and told us that everything went fine and that Alex was in recovery just waiting to wake up.  We were called back very shortly after the dr. visit and I saw heard Alex crying.. I went right up to him and held him... he was not happy!  They said he woke up fast and was trying to take his IV out and take his hospital band off.  So I gave him some water and he was downing that so fast.. we was so thirsty... I tried taking it away from him in fear that he would throw up but he was getting so mad when I would take it away so we would let him have a little.. then take it away and then let him have a bit more.... he ended up finishing his sippy of water.  We were brought back to another room.. a little more quiet and they put cartoons on for him.  He was cranky but doing really well... he ended up drinking his sippy of milk and just sat on our laps.... after about 45 mins we were able to go home.  I changed his diaper in the car before we left incase he fell asleep.. then I could just put him right in bed when we got home.   Well... on the way home he starting throwing up and throwing up a TON!! We had to pull over and clean up the carseat as best as we would and change his clothes.

Soon as we got home he was doing great... still cranky but he was really hungry so we let him eat and I have him a quick bath to get all that yucky vomit smell off of him.

So all-in-all it went SO well.... so much more than I anticipated... it still amazes me how quickly kids can recover!! Hopefully this is the start of Alex feeling better!!! Thankful for so a good day!

Here are some pics from the hospital!

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I have no title for this post... so many things have been going on lately.. all good things.  So.. I guess this is really a random post on random things in no particular order.. really... all stuff with-in the past month.

Brevin is officially in football.. we are about to wrap up his 2nd week of practice.  That takes a lot of time and energy on his part... he has practice 3 nights a week and it goes for 2 - 2 1/2 hours each.  He is doing amazing! We are literally shocked.  This is the boy that really never had a lot of confindence... always worries about anything and everything... he will be so sad and upset at any hurtful word that any friend will say to him...he is SO sensitive but he is working his butt off at practice AND having fun. We have such a great team of awesome kids, parents and a great coach. We were unsure with how tough this can be and have always heard of how coach's don't put up with any slacking off... if a child isn't paying attention.. they have to run laps and we have seen kids run many laps but Brevin is doing such a great job and the best part is... he is loving it!  We are so proud of him!!  Now we just have to work on Mike because he is about having a heart attack at every practice... this has always been his dream to watch his son play a sport that he grew up playing and is so passionate about... he litereally is almost in tears watching Brev.. he is one proud Dad! AND if Brevin really does play the position of running back that the coach has him doing lately.. Mike is going to fall over.. this is the position he played in HighSchool!  I have about as much fun watching Mike at practice as I do Brevin!

I signed up to be Team Mom.. having NO idea the amount of work it requires me to do but you know.. I love it!  The first week I was up till about Midnight sorting through paperwork.. building a roster with all contact information.. gathering important information to send out etc.. etc... but I seriously love it.  The parents of all the kids on the team are wonderful - Mike and I are having so much fun getting to know everyone! It is a little tough I admit with the twins but we are making it work.. we are SO lucky to have found a sitter... a daughter of a friend.. to watch the twins during one of the practices so Mike and I can give our full attention to Brevin. 

And on to the twins... they are doing well... we are finally starting to get some words out of them!  Alex said "shoes" for the first time tonight with Mike.  He also says Duck, Momma, Dadda, Uh Oh, ball and his version of "love you".  He will try to say a lot of stuff but these are the ones we can pick out that we know he is saying.
Ian doesn't say as much.. we really worry about all of this and I know you can't compare kids but it is hard not to.  Brevin at this age was saying a ton of stuff and starting to put some sentances together and we are no where close with the twins.  So we are just working with them and taking it one day at a time but it is very hard not to be frustrated.
One thing that Ian does that I LOVE is he always wants to be read to.. this is so wonderful!! He will literally follow me around the house with a book in his hand.. soon as I stop doing what I am doing.. he will hand me the book and stand there waiting for me to read.  I love this and will drop anything I am doing to read to him.. even if I am in a hurry and have to read a little faster than normal.. I will do it!!

Back to Alex.  He is getting tubes put in his ears on Aug 24... I am really ready for this.. he constantly has ear infections.. he has had at least one every month since January - he never feels that good so we are both so ready to get this little guy healthy again!!

This summer is going by fast!! The twins love playing outside but wow is that a lot of work.  Ian really is a naughty little guy.  he likes to run down our path and run in our neighbors yard.. he knows these are all "no no's" he will do it anyway looking back at us running after him and laughing at us all while trying to run faster.  He is quick and it exhausts Mike and I.  Alex isn't as bad but he watches Ian and likes to do what he does.  Ian is such a leader and Alex is a follower!  For instance.. if Ian decides on a whim to start walking backwards.. then Alex will do it.  When Ian starts screaming.. Alex will start.  When Ian decided to climb up on the toy chest and stand then Alex will do it... it just cracks us up how much Alex immitates Ian!!

As for Mike.. well.. he hurt his back a few weeks ago at work.. just lifting something out of his customers car.. nothing to heavy but just lifted it wrong so he has been in physical therapy and doing much better!

I have still been working at the gym a couple nights a week and I work Sat mornings - I really enjoy it!  I keep busy during the week with with twins of course and Brevin.  I have a wonderful group of friends that I walk with a couple times a week and I have been canning all kinds of goodies with another friend.  I am so blessed.. they know how hard it is getting out with the twins - dealing with chasing them around - that they are willing to come to my neighborhood to walk and come to my house to do some canning while the twins nap... friends that will come and get Brev and take him to the beach or a pool or just to their house because they know it isn't easy getting out with the twins and Brev still deserves to have a fun summer. God has put some very special friends in my life!!  Even at football practice.. I have a couple Moms that don't hesitate one bit to help with one of the twins and will walk around.. well more like run around with them... I am just so grateful.. without them I think I would be in tears a lot.. it is hard not having family close by and have to rely on friends but I am so lucky to have friends that don't even hesitate to help!

Now we are starting to look towards school starting up... really... already?? Good thing I got a 30% off to Kohls... school shopping here we come! I can't believe I have a 2nd grader! Where does the time go.. seriously!

So... that is about it in a nutshell I guess... sorry this is such a scattered post... lots going on but it's all good and I look around knowing how much Mike and I are blessed!!  Will post some recent pictures soon!!

Picture says it all!!

Brevin has been going to Football Camp this week - he is having a blast... Highschool football players and coaches put this on for the kids.  Brevin starts practice next week with his team "The Warriors".  He is so excited... Dad is so excited.. me... well... I am so nervous!!  This is full tackle football!  More pictures to come! 

Ian and Alex movie.MPG

First haircuts!!!

We finally got Ian and Alex's hair cut!  We were up in Ludington over the 4th holiday and so was Kathy so we asked if she wouldn't mind cutting their hair.....Alex did great as you can see below.. no tears.. Ian on the other hand hated the whole process - we gave in to feeding him marshmallows from the Lucky Charm cereal box to keep him somewhat entertained.  A HUGE thank you Kathy for taking on this challenge!!! She is amazing and so patient!!

Thank you so much Kathy!!! They look so cute with their new cuts!!

Alex

Ian

Now we have to try to keep up with keeping their hair short... here is to hoping each time gets easier!!!